Caught in Hateland
December 1966
By:
R. A. S.
| La Verne, California
An AA once trapped by resentments offers a guide to the way out
Falling Down the Up Hill
April 1966
By:
Anonymous
| Large City
High-bottom AA groups may not always do the trick. Here's a story of a couple who needed "bedrock
They Thought He Was Drunk
October 1965
By:
L. H.
| North Hollywood, California
Would I have gone to him? Honestly, I don't know. That's the horror of it.
Glossary of Golfing Terms
September 1965
By:
J. F. G. Jr.
| Shaker Heights, Ohio
Did drinking affect your golf? Or vice versa?
The Good Old Daze
September 1964
By:
W. S. R.
| East Norwalk, Connecticut
You can't deny it, Kildare, we might almost have got killed. . .
Dry But Not Sober
October 1963
By:
A. G.
| Chappaqua, New York
For seven years I went to meetings as a nonalcoholic and then one day the truth popped out
My Empathetic God
March 1962
By:
C. A.
| Los Angeles
. . .and the Word was God" proved a stumbling block for this "scientifically oriented rationalist
What Good Does AA Do in Prison?
March 1962
By:
Henry Max Heilig
a noted prison official tells why your AA visits to penal institutions aren't wasted work
The "Cured" Alcoholic
February 1962
By:
L. B.
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Further proof that the first drink makes life unmanageable
Can We Permit Justice to Remain Blind?
March 1961
By:
Albert B. Logan
Before a Joint Session of the Law Society of England and the American Bar Association, an attorney stresses the need for the legal profession to recognize alcoholism as a disease
Home Is Where I Am
April 2016
After 20 years, a man returns to his original home group and gets a big surprise
Weekend in jail
January 2015
By:
Melissa W.
| Granbury, Texas
With lice shampoo and a stiff orange suit, she was now alone with HP and Step One
On the Mountaintop
December 2014
By:
Jerry F.
| Cerritos, California
Getting sober in AA relieved him of his alcoholism and the shackles he made for himself
The Dreaded Job of Making Coffee
May 2013
By:
Les L.
| Medicine Hat, Alberta
An old-timer remembers how washing cups taught him to laugh again
39 Reasons to Dance
September 2012
By:
Peggy B.
| New York, New York
She has never forgotten the Bill W. dinner that helps pay for the phones that saved her life
Soldier Down
October 2011
By:
David A.
| Kaiserslautern, Germany
German beer taught this sergeant who had the real power
As Promised
September 2011
By:
Trey B.
| Macon, Georgia
Sometimes the truest amends are made instinctively
Love on the Rocks
August 2011
By:
Jay K.
| South Carolina
An AA relationship is put to the ultimate test when a wife's affair with his sponsee is revealed
The Undertow of Anger
August 2011
By:
Greg T.
| Oceanside, California
A young teenage surfer resists the pull of anger in order to stay sober
Web Exclusive: Finding Love Again on AA Campus
March 2011
By:
Robert M.
| Carrollton, Texas
The work in AA has helped this couple bring their relationship to a richer, deeper level.
Stuck in a funk
December 2010
By:
Laura S.
| Coral Springs, Fla.
Without Twelfth Step work, the Promises evaporate as quickly as they came
Sidelined by remorse
September 2010
By:
J.M.
| Kansas City, Mo.
After his brother's suicide, he blames himself and drops out of AA
Paying the Price
December 2008
By:
Paul G.
| Washington, D.C.
The cost of a casual membership in the program
AA in Uniform
September 2008
By:
Thomas H.
| Palm Springs, California
On the brink of despair, a chaplain finds his true calling